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Luca Arena (1988) è nato il primo giorno di primavera alle 9:30. È daltonico da 35 anni e ogni giorno cerca di farsene una ragione. Ha studiato economia e marketing presso l’Università di Pisa e nel tempo libero si dedica a viaggi e reportage fotografici.
Molto legato al tema dei colori e alla loro percezione, ama fotografare contesti urbani e suburbani isolandoli dall’ambiente circostante.

Ha all’attivo diverse mostre personali e pubblicazioni online. Il lavoro Impersonalism: Tenerife è stato presentato al pubblico con una mostra personale presso lo Spazio 32 di La Spezia, luogo di riferimento culturale di Fondazione Carispezia, mentre il progetto Á means river | Ísland e il relativo libro omonimo è stato esposto al GATE 26A di Modena.
Predilige il grande formato di stampa, la carta a uso manifesto e i luoghi espositivi all’aperto, soprattutto se grigi e impersonali.

Luca Arena (1988) was born on the first day of spring at 9:30. He is color-blind since 35 years and every day he tries to get over it. He studied economics and marketing at the University of Pisa and during his free time he devotes himself to travel and photographic reports.
Very focused to the theme of colors and their perception, he loves to photograph urban and suburban contexts isolating them from the surrounding environment.
He has several solo exhibitions and online publications. The work Impersonalism: Tenerife was presented to the public with a personal exhibition at Spazio 32 in La Spezia, the cultural reference point of the Carispezia Foundation, while the project Á means river | Ísland and the homonym book was exhibited at GATE 26A in Modena.
He prefers large format printing, poster paper and open-air exhibition venues, especially if they are gray and impersonal.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 | Isole manifesto – The lagoon is not pink | Lerici, Italy

2021 | Madeira (2020) | galleria Padula, Lerici, Italy w/Enrica D’Elia

2021 | Madeira manifesto | Lerici, Italy w/Enrica D’Elia

2021 | Piscina manifesto | Lerici, Italy

2019 | Isole manifesto | Lerici, Italy

2018 | GATE 26A | Á means river | Ísland | Modena, Italy

2017 | FourteenArTellaro | Sprawl / spazi abitativi | Tellaro, Italy

2017 | Spazio 32 | Impersonalism: Tenerife | La Spezia, Italy

2016 | Loggia dè banchi | SPRAWL | La Spezia, Italy

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 | OIOI Minimarket di editoria indipendente | Prato, Italy

2017 | VIII edizione Acmè | Á means river | Ísland | Sarzana, Italy

2017 | La Marguttiana di Amerigo | San Terenzo, Italy

2017 | Fotografia Europea 2017: Circuito OFF | Reggio Emilia, Italy

2016 | IDENTITIES – International Twin Photo Exhibitions | San Terenzo, Italy

2016 | VII edizione Acmè | Impersonalism: Tenerife | Sarzana, Italy

2016 | La Toscana in posa, paesaggi | Firenze, Italy

2015 | VI edizione Acmè | La Terra vista dal cielo | Sarzana, Italy

2015 | Mostra collettiva riduttiva 10×10 | Budapest 10×10 | Sarzana, Italy

2015 | SISM Pisa | Pisa, Italy

2013 | IV edizione Acmè | Finestre che danno sulla gente | Sarzana, Italy

2012 | III edizione Acmè | Dalla materia all’uomo, staticità e dinamismo | Sarzana, Italy

2011 | II edizione Acmè | Holland in ten days | Sarzana, Italy


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2023 | Caleido | Milano, Italy | Online

2023 | Perimetro | Milano, Italy | Online

2023 | KALTBLUT. | Berlin, Germany | Online

2023 | Artwort | Milan, Italy | Online

2020 | FREITAG | Zurich, Swiss | IG account – Online w/Enrica D’Elia

2019 | National Geographic Italia | Milan, Italy | Online

2019 | National Geographic Italia | Milan, Italy | Online

2018 | Creative Boom | Manchester, UK | Online

2018 | Objects. | Milan, Italy | Online

2018 | Positive Magazine | Venice, Italy | Online

2018 | Plain Magazine | New York, USA | Online

2018 | Artwort | Milan, Italy | Online

2018 | LANDSCAPE Stories | New York, USA | Online

2018 | National Geographic Italia | Milan, Italy | Online

2018 | Plain Magazine | New York, USA | Online

2018 | LetKiss Magazine | Paris, France | Online

2018 | Edge of Humanity Magazine | Florida, USA | Online

2017 | National Geographic Italia | Milan, Italy | Online

2017 | AWorkStation | Sacramento, USA | Online

2017 | Arteidolia | New York, USA | Online

2017 | Artwort | Milan, Italy | Online

2017 | loqueva | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Online

2017 | LANGWEILEDICHTEN | Berlin, Germany | Online

2017 | C&L | London, UK | Online

2017 | KALTBLUT. | Berlin, Germany | Online

2017 | Objects. | Milan, Italy | Online

2017 | Positive Magazine | Venice, Italy | Online

2017 | Musée Magazine | New York, USA | Online

2017 | Creative Boom | Manchester, UK | Online

2017 | C 41 Magazine | Milan, Italy | Online

2017 | Float Photo Magazine | New York, USA | Online

2017 | WE AND THE COLOR | Dresden, Germany | Online

2017 | Designboom | Milan, Italy | Online

2017 | Domus | Milan, Italy | Online

2017 | Design is Kinky | Sydney, Australia | Online

2017 | ARTRIBUNE | Rome, Italy | Online

2017 | Premio Treccani Web | Rome, Italy | Online

2017 | FREEYORK | Warsaw, Poland | Online

2017 | Fotografia Europea – Circuito OFF | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Online

2017 | The Mammoth’s Reflex | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Online

2017 | Creative Boom | Manchester, UK | Online

2017 | C 41 Magazine | Milan, Italy | Online

2017 | Artwort | Milan, Italy | Online

2017 | Fondazione Carispezia | La Spezia, Italy | Online

2016 | WE AND THE COLOR | Dresden, Germany | Online

2016 | Objects. | Milan, Italy | Online

2016 | Domus | Milan, Italy | Online

2016 | Totally Lost | Forlì, Italy | Online

2014 | Il Mitte | Quotidiano di Berlino per italofoni | Berlin, Germany | Online